Danes invade Brooklyn

Your correspondent got this photo of the Danish frigate HMDS Thetis from the Brooklyn Bridge this morning. She was approaching Pier 7, at the foot of Atlantic Avenue, where she is now docked. I hope the bars along Atlantic are well stocked with Carlsberg beer. Thetis is visiting New York along with nine other ships from various nations, making up NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group 1.

Update: Belgians, Canadians, Dutch, and Norwegians join in! More photos and text after the jump.

BHB photo by C. Scales

Docked at the south side of Pier 7, front to rear, are: the Norwegian minesweeper KNM Rauma, the Belgian minesweeper BNS Lobelia, and the Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp. Not pictured, on the north side of Pier 7, docked in front of Thetis, is the Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Urk.

BHB photo by C. Scales

Docked on the north side of Pier 8 are the Canadian minesweepers HMCS Shawinigan (704) and Goose Bay (707).